Will of chaos

We left amid screams of fury from the Guildmaster and glares from people clearly more powerful than I can handle.

I know the Adventurer’s Guild master is faking this overflowing anger, but I would like to know why these Adventurers hate Margareth so much.

I don’t feel anyone following us, but I’m sure someone would try to follow us in the way that Margareth hated in the Adventurer’s Guild.

“< Shadow Illusion >” (I)

“< Path of Shadows >” (I)

Thinking about it, I enter an alley and fall into the first shadow in the alley pulling the girls with me at the same time as 4 images appear from the shadows, then run further into the alley before breaking apart.

At that moment I appeared three streets earlier in another alley where a robbery was happening, I ignored it and continued walking in another direction, this time alone while the others were within my shadow.

After a few minutes, I rent a room elsewhere with a different face, as soon as I arrive I put the barrier back on before the girls step out of my shadow.

“You thought about it, they were following us, but how did that feel?” (Margareth)

“I didn’t feel it, I just thought it was something that was very likely to happen.” (I)

“They must have quickly realized their mistake, but it bought us a very good few seconds.” (Margareth)

This time he was in a slightly better inn than the other, the room was still as simple as the previous one, but this room was slightly larger.

I throw myself on the bed, then start asking questions.

“Why do they hate you so much, Margaret?” (I)

“The Guild Master seemed friendly to you when we were alone in his office.” (Freya)

“Besides, why did the Guild Master have to pretend to hate you?” (Kira)

“A few years ago my master came to this part of the continent and fought a Horde of Hell Ants.” (Margareth)

“The Horde was numerous but too weak for my mistress, but thanks to the numbers of enemies the battle lasted a few days, this made other monsters in the vicinity run elsewhere to flee the combat.” (Margareth)

“They attacked 2 cities, those cities weren’t ready for the sudden Monster Wave, their adventurers were scattered, their defenses weak and no preparations were ready.” (Margareth)

“This caused one of the cities to fall into ruins and the second city ended up becoming a battle within the city, in the midst of people who were not able to fight.” (Margareth)

“Tens of thousands died and the wounded were many, but even the survivors had to face other problems after that, they didn’t have a home to go back to, and food or water was also not an option at that time.” (Margareth)

“I can understand how they hate my sister, but why was the Guildmaster so friendly?” (I)

“Besides, Kira is right, why pretend in front of others?” (I)

“My master fought the Infernal Ant Horde at the request of the Elves of Randel’s village.” (Margareth)

“Turns out the ants were allowed to grow in numbers, they had also been drawn towards the World Tree.” (Margareth)

“Arima Kingdom is very corrupt, many of its nobles are greedy and ambitious above all else.” (Margareth)

“Many nobles had thought that it would be profitable to take possession of the World Tree that hides in the Valley of the Bone Desert, but passing through that place is very difficult, they wanted to use the Ants to pave the way.” (Margareth)

“My master thwarted their plans by killing the ants, so they spread rumors that she created a wave of monsters to turn the entire Kingdom against her, what happened next was that half of these nobles were found and killed.” (Margareth)

“It only made her reputation worse in this Realm, but she never cared about that, I traded with the Realm while making some threats to the other nobles.” (Margareth)

“So the people of this Realm hate you for being deceived by corrupt nobles, meanwhile the Guildmaster is grateful to know the truth that his master protected his village.” (Freya)

“That explains why he pretends to hate her, doesn’t want to draw the attention of these corrupt nobles.” (I)

A corrupt government makes the people corrupt, that’s why there are so many thugs on the streets, probably funds are being diverted into someone’s pockets, this reminds me that apart from the dome where the teleportation gate is, I didn’t see any guards or soldiers around the city.

———

After getting some fruit for everyone to eat, I get back to the matter at hand.

“How are we going to get to the Elves’ village if the place is so dangerous?” (I)

“The Bone Desert valley is a part of the Infernal Desert, there are many Dungeons there, so there are no villages or cities near there, the maps of that area change often due to the battle of the powerful monsters that made their territories there.” (Margareth)

“How are we going to get through that place?” (Kira)

“We will cross using the Sea Separated Space in the Desert.” (Margareth)

“If I’m not mistaken, a Separate Space is a Space pocket, is there one here in this desert?” (I)

“Yes, this is a large Separate Space, almost the size of the entire Infernal Desert, it has 5 entrances, one of which is close by, the blue stones all over the city come from there.” (Margareth)

“Are we by any chance going to use this Separate Space to travel to the village of the Elves?” (I)

“Yes, the truth is that the true number of entrances is 6, but this 6? entrance is controlled by the Elves, so no one can use it without their permission.” (Margareth)

“There are a lot of monsters in there, but it will be safer than the alternative.” (Margareth)

——— ｂ𝚍𝚘𝚟ｌ.ｎｔ

The next day I wake up at dawn, and everyone has entered my shadow, I take a fruit left over from yesterday and leave the inn towards where Margareth said was the place where the master of the Adventurer’s Guild would be waiting for us.

Soon I arrive on an abandoned street with garbage scattered everywhere, everyone has blank eyes.

I follow Margareth’s instructions until I reach a half-broken dry fountain, the Guildmaster was right there waiting for us to arrive.

“Come on, we don’t have much time before morning comes.” (Randel)

Saying that he points to the broken fountain releasing a part of his Aura from his finger, soon the bottom of the bridge falls forming stairs down that the Guild Master passes down with me right behind.